Anti-library bill SB 26 has not been listed on the special calendar yet - let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. 

As expected, the stacked APLS board voted to pull Fairhope’s funding despite previously finding them in compliance with the state administrative code. ALGOP Chair Wahl - who also splits his time as APLS board chair - accomplished what he wanted to achieve all along: humiliate a board and community that stood up to his extremist, anti-constitutional rhetoric.

Alabama’s public libraries are governed locally to serve communities, not volatile political interests. For decades, independent boards have upheld the freedom to read, managed collections responsibly, and shielded staff and patrons from political pressure.

A coaliton of Alabama and national library and LGBTQ+ advocates expresses alarm over the state’s new ban on youth access to trans books in libraries. This anti-trans code change will enact unprecedented censorship of Alabama libraries.